New Mexico Classic Derby(RG2) winner Girl With A Plan will head the 400-yard, $30,000 New Mexico Filly & Mare Championship (RG1) at Zia Park on Monday.

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HOBBS, NM—DECEMBER 2, 2020—Girl With A Plan and Famous Julia, both stakes winners during the meet, are among the dozen state-bred distaffers entered in Monday’s 400-yard, $30,000 New Mexico Filly & Mare Championship (RG1) at Zia Park.

Girl With A Plan will be facing older horses for the first time off of her half-length victory at odds of 25-1 in the 400-yard, $248,000 New Mexico Cup Derby (RG2) for state-bred 3-year-olds on November 9. The sorrel 3-year-old daughter of leading New Mexico sire Big Daddy Cartel is trained by Jaime Aldavaz Sr. for owner Pedro Zubiate.

Girl With A Plan drew post 9 and will be ridden by Sergio G. Dominguez.

The 4-1 morning-line favorite, Famous Julia has won her last three starts, including the 350-yard, $27,000 New Mexico Cup Distaff Stakes (R) on November 9. The 5-year-old daughter of the Dash Ta Fame stallion Dash For Famous is trained by Rene Saucedo for owner Bertha S. Irigoyen.

Famous Julia drew post 3 and will be ridden by Adrian Ramos.

Other contenders include Antonio Gomez’s Diamond And A Half, a stakes-winning 4-year-old First Moonflash mare trained by Jorge Luis Hernandez. Diamond And A Half has earned $79,465 from seven starts this season, and his two wins include a nose victory in the 400-yard, $50,000 Balloon City Stakes at The Downs at Albuquerque on August 15.

Diamond And A Half drew post 10 and will be ridden by Tanner Thedford.

The complete lineup, in post position order including jockey assignments and morning-line odds:

1. Reyna Azul (Mauro Salcedo), 20-1
2. Close To Crazy (Jaime Parga Leos), 8-1
3. Famous Julia (Adrian Ramos), 4-1
4. Osbaldo Lady (Jose D. Ruiz), 15-1
5. Jess Featured Girl (Hector Aldrete), 15-1
6. Call Me Kash (Sergio Becerra Jr.), 6-1
7. Runner Chick (Carlos A. Guillen Chacon), 8-1
8. Woodys Copy Cat (Alfredo Sigala), 12-1
9. Girl With A Plan (Sergio G. Dominguez), 9-2
10. Diamond And A Half (Tanner Thedford), 5-1
11. First Flashin (Jose D. Ruiz), 30-1
12. Frangelica (Hector Aldrete), 20-1

All Zia Park races can be seen at Q-RacingVideo.com.